Is it professional to inform your team/supervior that you have weekly appointments and need to head OOO early on a specific day? I have psy appts. now and already cancelled the previous cont'd below..

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Do this:
- tell your supervisor you have a private appointment
- it is no one’s business why, and good supervisors won’t even probe on why
- you are entitled to manage your own life and we treat our people with respect

Take care of you. We need you healthy and happy. :)

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I don’t work for Accenture but I appreciate this so much regardless 🥰🤗

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I'd let your supervisor know and also make sure he/she knows it's a private thing. You don't have to justify yourself to anyone -- mental health is a necessity! I'm happy you've taken this step towards better mental clarity 🙂

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OP - you could just say you have a recurring medical appointment. No one should probe more than that since medical issues are a private topic. Also people understand that medical appointments are not flexible and you can't just reschedule it at the last min. At the same time it does not give away a lot of data about nature of the appointment... It could be anything from PT to chiro. Assuming you are comfortable mentioning that it's a medical appointment and just don't want to share the mental health aspect (that was my primary concern when I first started therapy)

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Thank you all so much! Didn't expect so many thoughtful and helpful responses. Very helpful!

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Remember, b/c it’s recurring it could be PT, acupuncture, etc no one needs to know. Take care of yourself

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one but going forward, want to make each appt. at least when I am local. Want some guidance as to how I can work this into my schedule. I've been on projects where people head out of office early daily to pick up their children but since I don't have any, I feel like others will ultimately question why I need to do so and I'd prefer to not tell them the specifics.....

OP I did this on my last projects and just sat expectations that I was leaving at x time every Wednesday and that I’d be back online after to finish my work

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